News and new products

New Products:

Improved Astronomik CCD Filters now shipping
We have done a complete re-design of all our photographic CCD filters: In some cases our filters produced halos around bright stars with certain instruments. We have improved all of our photographic filters and started shipping the new halo-free filters some time ago. (read more...)

Special Offer "International Year of Astronomy"
2009 is the worldwide "International Year of Astronomy". Due to this Astronomik offers the set of L-RGB filters at a special price. -Use our filters to see how splendid and colorfull our universe is! The 2" set is EUR 335,- the 1,25" Set is only EUR 184,- (International selling prices, excl VAT) (more...) (07/31/2009: The offer is closed)
Astronomik CLS-CCD Filter
The Astronomik CLS-CCD is a new version of our well known CLS Filter. The optimized transmission curve blocks all unwanted artificial light pollution and still keeps the colors of all objects very well. Because of the integrated IR-blocker it´s also great for cooled CCD cameras! (more...)
Astronomik OWB-CCD Filter
The Astronomik OWB-CCD is special filter filter for owners of astro-modified Canon EOS DSLRs. If you mount the Astronomik OWB-CCD (as a Clip-Filter) in your camera, you get back the perfect color balance in daytime photography your camera had before the modification. (more...)

News:

Mosaic of the whole Milkyway with Astronomik filters
In 2000 Axel Mellinger published his famous panorama of the whole milkyway. Until today it is worldwide well known in the scientific community and also well known for its worth in public astronomical education. At that time he used chemical film and a lens of 28mm focal length to gain the 51 frames necessary for the panorama.
In 2009 Mellinger, by now Assistant Professor of Physics at Central Michigan University, repeated his project with modern CCD-equipment. He used an SBIG STL 11000 camera and Astronomik RGB-Filters Type 2c. He took each frame with a 50mm lens five times with each of the three filters and with three different exposure times (240s, 15s and 1/2s). In total he needed more then 3000 frames to produce his new panorama. By the use of his equipment and imaging technique he was able to create a final image in natural color with a considerably increased dynamic range.
Astronomik at the 10th HTT Telescope Convention
Astronomik will participate at the 10th HTT Telescope Convention in Herzberg/Jeßnigk (Germany). We will take a huge amount of filters with us: If you ever wanted to compare our filters to your own ones, or to filters from other manufacturers, please come to our 12" Dob. We will take visuall and photographic filters with us. Visual observers and astro-photographers will be able to test!
If you have a specific request, please send an eMail to us.
Astronomik Picture Gallery is online:
We finaly managed to get the Astronomik Gallery online! Please enjoy a selection of the most beautifull images from Astronomik users worldwide.
(Astronomik Gallery)
Astronomik at Spiegelonline
Congratulations: Famous astrophotographer Michael Sidonio (Australia) got his sthird "David Malin Award" for his great image of the "Sarah´s nebula"! Michael uses Astronomik filters since many years.
(vistit Michaels website)
Meet Astronomik at the 18th Northeast Astronomy Forum (April 18.-19.) in Suffern, NY (UAS). Ben Hauck of OPT will be there to answer all your questions. You may find out more about the NEAF here.
Meet Astronomik at the 1st Central European Deepsky Imaging Conference (April 2.-4.) in Linz, Austria. Gerd will be there to answer all your questions. You may find out more about the CEDIC here.
Our innovative Clip-Filter System got an "Hot Product 2009" Award from the american "Sky & Telescope" magazine
Congratulations: Famous astrophotographer Michael Sidonio (Australia) got his second "David Malin Award" for his great images! Michael uses Astronomik filters since many years.
(vistit Michaels website)
(more about the David Malin Award 2008)